Hi Raymond, What about 1942? There is one reference to John Humphriss in the South African Archives dated 1942 (estate papers). Have a look at the Archives INDEX at: http://www.national.archives.gov.za/index.htm Click "Search", Click "RSA" Enter your search criteria (I used Humphriss & John) Click "Search" In the event that this record is like yours, you will have to appoint someone in SA to investigate for you as the Archives staff will not. You should be able to find a researcher on the South African Genealogy web site at: http://home.global.co.za/~mercon. Check also the list of surnames on the ~mercon site: someone else may be researching your (South African) surnames. This is the record I found and the original document is at the Cape Town Archive Repository: DEPOT KAB SOURCE MOOC TYPE LEER VOLUME_NO 6/9/9163 SYSTEM 01 REFERENCE 79848 PART 1 DESCRIPTION HUMPHRISS, JOHN. ESTATE PAPERS. STARTING 19420000 ENDING 19420000 Regards, Gerold Whittaker, South Africa. -----Original Message----- From: Carol [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 02 May 2003 08:35 To: [email protected] Subject: [BOER-WAR] Fw: Tracing relative who served in Boer War Forwarded Message ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: 02 May 2003 14:37 Subject: Tracing relative who served in Boer War I am tryibg to trace a relative who fought in the above conflict. I believe he was in a Guards Regiment. He was John Humphriss born 1872 at Harbury, Warwickshire. After his sevice he was discharged in South Africa where he resided until his death about 1935. I should be obliged if you could inform me how I should proceed in this matter. Thank you, Raymond Walton.

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